Found Footage: Apple pulls iSlam Muhammad app

Did the iSlam Mohamed app have any gratuitously nasty depictions? If so, I can understand their move to a degree. However, if it was presented in the same manner as BibleThumper - simply exposing the koranic passages and commenting on the hypocrisy - then I would be outraged.

Apple should realise that the koran itself is offensive to many. Therefore, on exactly the same grounds that it has apparently pulled the iSlam Mohamed app (if they pulled it simply because it satirised Islam), it should also pull any Apps promoting Islam. Otherwise just leave them both there.

Glad apple pulled that app, I mean we wouldn't see a Slam Jesus app would we, I'm not religious at all but we should all respect everybodies beliefs, not allowing woman to wear the berka in France is backward too man, most muslim woman aren't forced to wear that, they are proud to wear it.
Most if not all Catholic Priests are gay that's fact yet they hide it and they are against gay marriage, the only males they come in contact with are alter boys so these gay priests advance and sure they're peds, because if a gay man has sex or whatever with a minor he's a ped.
So what have we learnt here - muslims are decent people and alot of priests are homosexual and around little boys they go PED.
Give Islam a break.

I'm the author of Biblethumper & here's my take on this: Apple probably drew the line at depicting Muhammed. Biblethumper was never about Christianism vs. Islam but about the perils of fundamentalist organized religion. iSlam should stay!

The thing is though, it's not wrong. Apple clearly states in its developer program that it will ultimately decide whether or not an app can be sold in the iTunes App Store or not. Developers like Emery Emery agreed that they understand this policy when they sign up to become a developer for Apple's App Store. And that's exactly what it is: APPLE's App Store. Sure, sometimes it's pretty disappointing, but I'm happy Apple is actually putting in the time to look over these apps. It may not always be consistent, but at least it's something. I understand Emery Emery's disappointment, but posting this video isn't going to help him at all. Apple will keep it in mind, and because it always has the ultimate say-so, his app will never get approved. He could have not posted this and moved on. Now that he's posted it, Apple won't let do much at all now.

@dave.rich
you are a jerk. you know that. why should we care about someone else's beliefs. it's called respect. something you clearly don't have since to you it is okay to permit something offensive in the name of your precious Free Speech

guess what. your right ends where someone else's begin. My right to be free from the violence of a panicked riot outweighs your right to yell fire in a crowded room. My right to practice my religion, which might not be the same as yours (and you can 'get over it' as you say) outweighs your right to freely speak in ways that are patently offensive and thus mock my religion.

1. Apple has the right to not sell whatever they don't want to sell. Don't like it, don't sign up to be a developer

2. did anyone here actually see the iSlam descript. "enjoy violent and hateful passages from The Qur'an that support and encourage Muslims to attack and behead anyone who does not agree with them. See how Allah directs his followers to treat men and women."
that could be seen as encouraging people to commit acts of violence.

so not a shock Apple removed it.

Why keep provoking these people? Wouldn't it be better if we just ignored them? Personally I don't care about anyone's religion so I'm not going to waste my time with it. Maybe if everyone did the same, these people would keep quiet.

What did Mohammed teach anyway? See: http://masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/adab_of_islam.htm

I'm glad that he's willing to voice the dev's concerns to his "higher level ... upper management ... folks".

Is that like Toby's box for Dwight's complaints in The Office?

The bible app doesn't contain slandering pictures of biblical prophets, or Jesus. Where as the Islamic app did. This difference could be enough to signal poor intentions, and hateful ones, on the part of the Islam app, enough possibly to removed. The Bible app is a athiest guide to critiqing the bible, there for has useful and educational purpose, without seeing the Islamic apps work on the Quran it is hard to know weather the apps approach was more hate designed then logical critiques. Non-theless it would be nice if Apple were more open.